Border Patrol agents are releasing thousands of illegal aliens into the United States as an influx of Haitian migrants overwhelms officials in Del Rio, Texas, a new report from the Associated Press suggests.
The Biden administration has repeatedly claimed it is countering the influx of illegal aliens at the southern border by ordering expulsions under Title 42, but data shows the government is not near as vigilant about enforcing that policy as it appears to be.
Haitian migrants in Del Rio, the report indicates, are being let go from Border Patrol custody on a “very, very large scale” as President Joe Biden’s border agency struggles to process and contain the approximately 14,000 illegal aliens camped out in foul and soiled conditions under International Bridge.
NEW: This is what it looks like under the international bridge in Del Rio this morning. Latest numbers as of 6 AM.
6,722 migrants
4,742 family units
1,489 single adult men
418 single adult females
73 family “groups”300+ pregnant women here as of yesterday.@FoxNews pic.twitter.com/xbR2tNj9XT
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 22, 2021
Some of the migrants released into the United States were directed to report themselves to an immigration office within the next two months, but reports indicate that only a small percentage of illegals caught and then released by the government actually follows through on self-reporting.
The Biden administration has claimed that these Haitian migrants in Del Rio will be sent back, and they should not come because the border is closed & their journey won’t succeed.
The reality is they’re releasing these migrants into the US on a large scale. Catch and release. https://t.co/gnLAdHMtER— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 22, 2021
Despite footage, pictures, and reports of what is happening in Del Rio, the Biden administration is pushing aside the opportunity to address the crisis in favor of lying to the American public about their role in creating it.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in a press briefing this week that the Biden administration is expelling illegal aliens and claimed that the COVID-19 protocols for other foreign nationals shouldn’t apply to migrants.
“These are individuals we noted and discussed — we are expelling individuals based on Title 42, specifically because of COVID, and we want to prevent a scenario where a large number of people are gathering and posing a threat to the community and the migrants themselves. Those are the policies we put in place in large part because again the CDC recommends Title 42,” she said.
Later, she reiterated on “CBS Mornings” that “we are still implementing Title 42.”
“We are going to send people out of the country who come in as we implement that,” she said.
“A COVID safety protocol?” one of the hosts asked.
“Exactly,” Psaki confirmed.
Psaki on @CBSMornings Re: border: “we also have to implement our laws…as we look to the photos, not just the ones you referenced, but of all these…ppl under the bridges, we wanted to also take steps to implement our laws and to protect a lot of them from the spread of COVID” pic.twitter.com/5AhNRLeM47
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) September 21, 2021
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told CNN on Monday that the federal government has “an obligation to execute on the Title 42 authority, which is a public health authority in a time of pandemic that is held by the Centers for Disease Control,” but U.S. Customs and Border Protection data suggests that just under 45 percent of the 156,641 unique encounters dealt with by the agency in August resulted in expulsion under the COVID-19 policy.
Sec. Mayorkas tells @CNN:
“We have an obligation to execute on the title 42 authority, which is a public health authority in a time of pandemic that is held by the centers for disease control.”
Then why were only 45% of illegal migrants expelled under this authority in August? pic.twitter.com/6tXf9rbDnn
— Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) September 21, 2021
“If you come to the United States illegally, you will be returned, your journey will not succeed, and you will be endangering your life and your family’s life,” Mayorkas also said on Monday.
Source: The Federalist
